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Diotima's Children: German Aesthetic Rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing

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Availability:In StockContributor:Frederick C. BeiserPublish date:2011-12-17Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199694655ISBN-10:199694656UPC:9780199694655Book Category:Philosophy, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Linguistics, History & SurveysBook Topic:ModernSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDY6XWM8P
Diotima's Children is a re-examination of the rationalist tradition of aesthetics which prevailed in Germany in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century. It is partly an historical survey of the central figures and themes of this tradition But it is also a philosophical defense of some of its leading ideas, viz., that beauty plays an integral role in life, that aesthetic pleasure is the perception of perfection, that aesthetic rules are inevitable and valuable. It shows that the criticisms of Kant and Nietzsche of this tradition are largely unfounded. The rationalist tradition deserves re-examination because it is of great historical significance, marking the beginning of modern aesthetics, art criticism, and art history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199694655ISBN-10:199694656UPC:9780199694655Book Category:Philosophy, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Linguistics, History & SurveysBook Topic:ModernSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDY6XWM8P
Frederick Beiser was educated at Oriel College Oxford (B.A. 1972-74) and Wolfson College Oxford (1975-1981). He has had several major research fellowships: NEH, Guggenheim, Thyssen and Humboldt and has taught at seven US universities: Harvard, Yale, Colorado, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Syracuse. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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